Lake Charles in ChargeSouth Lake Charles, Louisiana improves to 2-0 in Pool A with 9-0
win over Jeffersonville, Indiana

By Erin Kriner

The
South Lake Charles, Louisiana All-Stars thought they had gotten a
pretty good pitching performance from Kennon Fontenot Saturday vs.
Mill Creek, Washington. Fontenot, after all, struck out 15 over 5.1
innings of one-run ball in a 5-1 victory.

The Southwest champs picked up
another win Sunday vs. Jeffersonville, Indiana, this time behind a
no-hitter from Trey Quinn. The 9-0 victory improved Louisiana’s
record to 2-0 in Pool A play.

Quinn struck out twelve and allowed
only two base runners (a walk and a hit batsman) in front of a crowd
of 11,300 at Howard J. Lamade Stadium.

“Each of our pitchers has their own
personality and style,” said Manager Charlie Phillips. “Trey
commands both sides of the plate.”

And Quinn’s ability led to quick outs
and a strong defensive performance.

Said pitching coach Dave Quinn:
“Behind every great pitching performance there is a person working
hard at the plate. It was a great effort on (catcher) Beau (Jordan)’s
part.”

The Southwest offense came out strong
in the first inning, scoring five runs on two hits. Beau Jordan’s
RBI double opened the scoring, bringing home Quinn from second base.
Then later in the inning, with the bases loaded, Nicolas Abshire was
hit by a pitch to force in a run to make it 2-0.

In the second inning, Kennon
Fontenot’s RBI triple made it 6-0. And in the fourth, the Southwest
champs added two more to make it 9-0 with Beau Jordan’s RBI double
and Anshire’s run-scoring single.